TY - JOUR
T1 - Plant growth-promoting microorganisms as biocontrol agents of plant diseases
T2 - Mechanisms, challenges and future perspectives
AU - El-Saadony, Mohamed T.
AU - Saad, Ahmed M.
AU - Soliman, Soliman M.
AU - Salem, Heba M.
AU - Ahmed, Alshaymaa I.
AU - Mahmood, Mohsin
AU - El-Tahan, Amira M.
AU - Ebrahim, Alia A.M.
AU - Abd El-Mageed, Taia A.
AU - Negm, Shaimaa H.
AU - Selim, Samy
AU - Babalghith, Ahmad O.
AU - Elrys, Ahmed S.
AU - El-Tarabily, Khaled A.
AU - AbuQamar, Synan F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was funded by Abu Dhabi Education and Knowledge (Grant #: 21S105) to KE-T and Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology-UAEU (Grant #: 31R286) to SA.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 El-Saadony, Saad, Soliman, Salem, Ahmed, Mahmood, El-Tahan, Ebrahim, Abd El-Mageed, Negm, Selim, Babalghith, Elrys, El-Tarabily and AbuQamar.
PY - 2022/10/6
Y1 - 2022/10/6
N2 - Plant diseases and pests are risk factors that threaten global food security. Excessive chemical pesticide applications are commonly used to reduce the effects of plant diseases caused by bacterial and fungal pathogens. A major concern, as we strive toward more sustainable agriculture, is to increase crop yields for the increasing population. Microbial biological control agents (MBCAs) have proved their efficacy to be a green strategy to manage plant diseases, stimulate plant growth and performance, and increase yield. Besides their role in growth enhancement, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria/fungi (PGPR/PGPF) could suppress plant diseases by producing inhibitory chemicals and inducing immune responses in plants against phytopathogens. As biofertilizers and biopesticides, PGPR and PGPF are considered as feasible, attractive economic approach for sustainable agriculture; thus, resulting in a “win-win” situation. Several PGPR and PGPF strains have been identified as effective BCAs under environmentally controlled conditions. In general, any MBCA must overcome certain challenges before it can be registered or widely utilized to control diseases/pests. Successful MBCAs offer a practical solution to improve greenhouse crop performance with reduced fertilizer inputs and chemical pesticide applications. This current review aims to fill the gap in the current knowledge of plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM), provide attention about the scientific basis for policy development, and recommend further research related to the applications of PGPM used for commercial purposes.
AB - Plant diseases and pests are risk factors that threaten global food security. Excessive chemical pesticide applications are commonly used to reduce the effects of plant diseases caused by bacterial and fungal pathogens. A major concern, as we strive toward more sustainable agriculture, is to increase crop yields for the increasing population. Microbial biological control agents (MBCAs) have proved their efficacy to be a green strategy to manage plant diseases, stimulate plant growth and performance, and increase yield. Besides their role in growth enhancement, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria/fungi (PGPR/PGPF) could suppress plant diseases by producing inhibitory chemicals and inducing immune responses in plants against phytopathogens. As biofertilizers and biopesticides, PGPR and PGPF are considered as feasible, attractive economic approach for sustainable agriculture; thus, resulting in a “win-win” situation. Several PGPR and PGPF strains have been identified as effective BCAs under environmentally controlled conditions. In general, any MBCA must overcome certain challenges before it can be registered or widely utilized to control diseases/pests. Successful MBCAs offer a practical solution to improve greenhouse crop performance with reduced fertilizer inputs and chemical pesticide applications. This current review aims to fill the gap in the current knowledge of plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM), provide attention about the scientific basis for policy development, and recommend further research related to the applications of PGPM used for commercial purposes.
KW - biofertiIizers
KW - biopestcide
KW - crop yield
KW - disease suppression
KW - pathogen suppression
KW - plant growth-promoting rhizhobacteria
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U2 - 10.3389/fpls.2022.923880
DO - 10.3389/fpls.2022.923880
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85140375109
SN - 1664-462X
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Plant Science
JF - Frontiers in Plant Science
M1 - 923880
ER -